bonfacar

Ido

Alternative forms
  • bon-facar, bonafacar, bona-facar

Etymology

From bona (“good”) +‎ facar (“to make, do”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bɔn.faˈt͡sar/

Verb

bonfacar (present bonfacas, past bonfacis, future bonfacos, conditional bonfacus, imperative bonfacez)

  1. (intransitive) to do good, be a benefactor
    • 1911, La Deligitaro, Progreso - Volume 3, page 375:
      Stephen Girard; biografio di Franco, qua multe bonfacis urbo Philadelphia
      Stephen Girard; biography of a Frenchman, who made the city of Philadelphia a lot of good
  2. (transitive) to do good to (someone)
    • 1908, Johann Baptiste Pinth, Jesu Kristo: sa biografio segun la quar evangelyi, page 36:
      Lor via rekompenso esos granda, e vi esos infanti di la max alta Sinioro, qua bonfacas anke la ne-dankozi e malboni
      Then your reward will be hugh, and you will be children of the highest lord, who also does good to the ungrateful and wicked ones

Conjugation
    Conjugation of bonfacar
present past future
infinitive bonfacar bonfacir bonfacor
tense bonfacas bonfacis bonfacos
conditional bonfacus
imperative bonfacez
adjective active participle bonfacanta bonfacinta bonfaconta
adverbial active participle bonfacante bonfacinte bonfaconte
nominal active participle singular bonfacanto bonfacinto bonfaconto
plural bonfacanti bonfacinti bonfaconti
adjective passive participle bonfacata bonfacita bonfacota
adverbial passive participle bonfacate bonfacite bonfacote
nominal passive participle singular bonfacato bonfacito bonfacoto
plural bonfacati bonfaciti bonfacoti

Derived terms
  • bonfaco (“benefaction, good offices, benefit, favor”)
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